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Mesoscale Discussion 980

May 23, 20058 counties in Colorado; 38 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado; 38 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2005, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2005, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 14 more117 min
May 24, 12:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more7 hr
May 24, 1:10 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more7 hr
May 24, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more6 hr
May 24, 4:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more92 min
May 23, 9:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 28 more6 hr
May 24, 12:14 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 25 more91 min
May 24, 1:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harvey and 5 more7 hr
May 24, 4:40 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harvey and 5 more95 min
May 24, 8:13 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson32 min
May 24, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more7 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.